CHARTER CHANGESG-G backs first strikes
Governor-General Michael Jeffery has strongly supported the Howard Government's push for changes to the United Nations charter that would allow pre-emptive attacks to topple dictators. more

FAMILY COURTShared custody "dangerous"
The Family Court will today sound a strong warning against the introduction of formal joint custody arrangements between separating parents, saying it could lead to an increase both in violence and litigation. more

TERRORISMPhilippines could be next: Hill
The Philippines could be the next major target of terrorist bombers, with hotels, nightclubs and fast-food stores among the likely targets, Defence Minister Robert Hill has warned. more

IRAQIrked Rumsfeld left out of White House loop
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has revealed the depth of the fissures within the Bush Administration with a bad-tempered interview in which he said he was not told about an overhaul of Iraq policy. more

SEWAGE FARMWhere poo takes pride of place
It's the largest stock farm in Victoria and soon it may be able to provide water for drought stricken farmers. We visited the new lagoon system at the Western Treatment Plant to see how it turns sewage into clean water.
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Pictures for the faithful
Photographer Megan Ponsford has chronicled a year in the life of the MCG, a journey through Melbourne’s changing sporting heart.

Medal a good luck charm
Geelong pastrycook Richard Woodhams says he is not especially religious, but he used to wear a St Christopher medallion. He lost it about four days before last year's Sari Club bombing.
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Odd Spot
A nine-year-old boy chased pedestrians in a stolen police car in northern China while his father, a local official, was drunk and
asleep in the back. The boy drove on the footpath flashing the lights and shouting at pedestrians to move or he would hit them.
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